From the Office of the Mayor

PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, the United States Department of Labor has fostered,
promoted, and developed the welfare of wage earners, job seekers and
retirees of this country; and

WHEREAS,The United States Department of Labor has continually sought to make the
American workplace safer, healthier, and fairer for everyone; and

WHEREAS, Working families of Las Vegas, across the country and across the world have
benefitted from the United States Department of Labor's efforts to assure
work-related benefits and rights, including the right to be paid fairly for
every hour labored; and

WHEREAS, The United States Department of Labor has evolved to meet the changing
needs of a changing workforce by partnering with employers, community
organizations and institutions of higher learning to improve job training,
provide lifelong learning opportunities and advance efforts for profitable
employment; and

WHEREAS, The impact of the United States Department of Labor has reached outside the
confines of the workplace, touching people's lives at all stages, by allowing
parents to take leave and tend to loved ones; training veterans and young
people for the careers of a lifetime; and guaranteeing the pensions of retired
workers; and

WHEREAS, The inestimable value of the services provided by the United States
Department of Labor will remain of paramount importance to the well-being
of all Americans and that it will address tomorrow's conditions and meet the
needs of future workers with the same insight, foresight and passion it has
shown for the past century; now

THEREFORE, I, the Mayor of the City of Las Vegas, County of Clark, State of Nevada, hereby
proudly proclaim, March 4, 2013, as:

U.S. Department of Labor Centennial Day

IN THE CITY OF LAS VEGAS AND ASK ALL RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNTIY TO
JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,BY THE POWERS GRANTED TO ME,
I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HAND
AND CAUSED THE SEAL OF THE
CITY OF LAS VEGAS TO BE AFFIXED
THIS 4TH DAY OF MARCH 2013.